New approach to crime prevention

BRINGING CRIMINAL AND VICTIM TOGETHER

By NANCY WEATHERLEY

CRIMINALS and their
victims are being
brought face to face by
a new society that has
been formed on _ the
North Shore in a new
approach to crime
prevention.

The St. Leonard's Society of
the North Shore has just
received a $5,000 provincial
Start up grant and North Van

City has granted them a
further $500.
The idea of bringing

victim and offender together
is tO promote greater un-
derstanding of the crime to
both parties.

It gives the offender a
chance to ask all the
questions that have been
plaguing him. Namely Why
Me? Why that day? Were
you watching me for a long
time first?

Many victims associate
even the most minor of
cnmes with an organization
such as the Mafia out to get
them. and their sense of
helplessness is increased.

But Wilma Dougtas
Dungey, who is the life and
soul of the the local chapter
of St. Leonards,. says often
the victim is not helpless to
prevent a crime against him.

When he questions the
offender he is lkely to find
his own cCarelessness was
partly to blame. ‘The most
common response to the
Why Me question its that
papers had been allowed to
pile up on the porch in-
dicating the resident was on
hohday, or no hghts were on
announcing the house
empty. or a window was left

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an easy crime.

Dungey claims she has
never been turned down by
an offender whom she has
asked to meet with a victim,

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She explains that this will
not in any way tamper with
the legal proceedings. giving
him neither a lighter nor a
heavier punishment.

But it will inhibit him later

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when he has an impulse to
commit a crime.

The victim may also refuse
to meet with the criminal
and on occassion does.
Dungey says he may simply
want to know what hap-

pened to the caught
cnminal. She says many
people are convinced minor
crimes go unpunished and a
victim’s anger will be
somewhat alleviated by
knowing what happened to

the offender.

Before the two actually
meet, each has an interview
with a counsellor where they
can speak freely about the
incident and their feelings.

CONTINUED ON PAGE C6

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